F-18 cannot refuel with refueling boom
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Tankers have refueling boom……F-18 have refueling boom… Now how are they supposed to refuel? One AI kept trying, making and loosing contact for about 70 minutes. In the mean time his number two ran out and ejected.
And yes… I saw it all for 70 minutes
it’s done all the time with practice - definitely unrealistic without RL drogue but you definitively can AAR - put the tip of your probe on the tip of the boom and it has a magnetic connection effect
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it’s done all the time with practice - definitely unrealistic without RL drogue but you definitively can AAR - put the tip of your probe on the tip of the boom and it has a magnetic connection effect
I’m not talking about how to do it. It was AI and you know AI’s skill at keeping a formation. AI kept trying for 70+ minutes. It couldn’t do it. It just kept making and losing contact. His number two ejected and I with my wingman was down to 4k pounds, we were carrying two 600 gallon tanks. When we finally landed we had about 2k pounds remaining. F-18 are assigned on a lot of packages but if you got one in yours, you can forget about the rest of your package getting fuel apart from one F-18.
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Could this also depend on what type of tankers are fragged for your mission? Very few (if any) tankers are both boom and probe/drogue equipped, but if you could get them to a Navy tanker - the most hated one being a KC-130 - maybe they could plug.
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Could this also depend on what type of tankers are fragged for your mission? Very few (if any) tankers are both boom and probe/drogue equipped, but if you could get them to a Navy tanker - the most hated one being a KC-130 - maybe they could plug.
Not launched BMS in a while, eh?
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Not launched BMS in a while, eh?
No, I don’t do and have no interest in the Campaigns…so all I know is what I read on the Forums and from RL.
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you need a proper AAR Tanker…
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51041262612_809bc912ac_c.jpgCapture1 by arabianjules, on Flickr
John.
THAT’S the ticket!!!
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I play with F-18C and F-18E most of the time in SP campaigns. AI refuel without problem here.
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No, I don’t do and have no interest in the Campaigns…so all I know is what I read on the Forums and from RL.
Then why do you misguide him like that? There is no drogue currently in BMS, only booms.
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We have evolved from RTFM to RTFP!
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No, I don’t do and have no interest in the Campaigns…so all I know is what I read on the Forums and from RL.
Perhaps you need to reacquaint yourself with the sim before offering more “advice”.
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I play with F-18C and F-18E most of the time in SP campaigns. AI refuel without problem here.
Well… lucky you
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Stevie probably has ‘flown’ tons of trainer tankers.
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Where is Mower? GOTS him.
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Stevie probably has ‘flown’ tons of trainer tankers.
I wouldn’t say “tons”, but I do have better RL resources when it comes to Hornets…which is why I flat refuse to fly the BMS Hornet.
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